Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Potato Poha


This is a very popular dish from Maharashtra. It is a very simple dish, yet sometimes you have to master it to get it right :-)

Ingredients
1 cup thick Poha
1 medium sized Potato
1-2 green chillies, chopped fine
1 medium size onion, finely chopped
1 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
few curry leaves
few peanuts (optional)
few cilantro leaves, chopped fine

Tadka
1 tsp mustard seeds
2 tsp cooking oil

Method

  • Microwave potato for 1 minute. Peel the skin & chop fine.
  • Wash poha with tap water & let it sit until you prepare the tadka.
  • Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, peanuts, onions, green chillies, curry leaves & saute until the onions are transparent.
  • Add the potato & turmeric powder & mix well. Add the poha, salt & cilantro. Mix well. Lower heat & let it cook with pan covered for 2-3 minutes.
  • Serve hot.